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  • S. Korea confirms additional bird flu outbreak (Cheonan)

    Source: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news...113_82526.html

    03-05-2011 18:05
    S. Korea confirms additional bird flu outbreak

    South Korea confirmed an additional bird flu case at a duck farm in the central part of the country on Saturday.

    Tests showed that the 12,400 birds at a poultry farm in Cheonan, 92 kilometers south of Seoul, were infected with the virulent H5N1 strain of the avian influenza (AI), the National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service (NVRQS) said.

    This is the second case of the highly pathogenic avian influenza reported in the country this month as the number of AI cases has started to fall off in recent weeks. It is also the first AI confirmation in Cheonan in 33 days...

    ...The latest case marks the 49th bird flu outbreak confirmed in the country since suspected cases were first reported on Dec. 29, the NVRQS said. The government has since culled more than 6.04 million birds in six provinces across the country...
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